Sad Love Story : Chris Diary Part 2

With her begging, my cold heart softened, but I still put up an annoyed face and walked in the park. I was just sitting on the benches looking like I wanted to leave. She went to the big oak tree and she was looking for something. I knew she was looking for what we wrote on that tree with a silver ink pen half a year ago. If I remember it right, it said, "Chris and Susan was here, Chris had tea and Susan was drinking hot chocolate. Hope Chris and Susan would always remember this day, always loving each other, forever." She was looking around for quite a while, then she came back slowly with tears on her face.

She said, "Chris, I can't find it, it's not there anymore."
I felt so sour inside, there was a stream of pain, flowing into my heart, the kind of pain I've never felt before. But all I could do was pretend I didn't care, and said, "Can we go now?"
I opened up my big black umbrella, she was just standing there, didn't want to leave yet, hoping there was still a chance. She said, "You made up the story of you and that other girl didn't you? I know I frustrate you sometimes, but I'll change, can't we start over?"

I didn't say a word, just looked down and shook my head. After that we just kept on walking towards the train station, didn't say a word to each other.

Four years ago, the doctor said I had cancer, but it was found early, so it was still curable. Thinking that it was okay, I started living my normal life again, and even forgot about the cancer. I didn't think about the cancer again and did not go back to the doctor. Until a month ago, my stomach was hurting for two weeks straight, and the nightmare awakened me again. First I thought the pain wouldl go away, but it grew stronger until to the point that I couldn't take it anymore. I went back to the doctor and took an X-ray. The picture came out and there was a big black spot, which proved the truth that I did not want to believe. I was at the most glittering part of my life, but it was coming to an end. I wanted myself and the people around me to go through the least pain possible, so I decided to commit suicide. But I couldn't let people find out about my intentions, especially Susan, the person I love the most in this whole world, who still doesn't know about the truth. Susan was still young, she shouldn't have to go through this. So I made up some stories and lied to her. It was a cruel thing to do, and it broke her heart, but it was the fastest way to wipe out three years's feelings. I didn't have much time, because I would soon start to loose hair and she would find out eventually. But now I'm close to succeeding, this drama would soon be over. Thirty minutes more this would all come to an end, that was what I had in mind.

The train had stopped running so I called a taxi for her. We were just standing there, waiting, loosing our last moments in silence.

I saw the taxi from far away, I held my tears and said to her, "Take care of yourself, take good care of yourself."

She didn't talk, just nodded lightly, and then opened up her misshaped umbrella and stepped out on the street. Out in the rain, we became two single life forms, one red, one black, so far away from each other. I opened the door for her and she got in, then I close the gate that would separate me from her forever. I stood by the car, staring in the dark window, at the first love in my life, also the last one, walking out of my life. The car started, driving into the street. Finally I couldn't hold my sorrow and the twist in my heart any longer, waving my arms rapidly chasing after the taxi, because I knew, this would be the last time I see her. I wanted to tell her I still love her, I wanted to tell her to stay, I wanted to tell her so much, but the taxi had already turned in the corner. Warm tears kept falling down my face, blended with the cold rain drops. I was cold, not because of the rain. I was cold inside.


She left, and I didn't get anymore of her phone calls even until today. I know she didn't see my tears, because they were washed away by the rain. I left without regrets. But I'm not Chris, I'm that girl Susan, using my memory, and his diary I found after one year since he left, writing down these last words.

I love you ... my dear friend

by love raviegaye espiritu

A friend is someone who cares about you. The one that you can count on in times of troubles, pains, and sufferings that occur in your life. The one that you can trust with all the secrets of your life. A friend is someone who always finds time to listen to all the stories you tell and the one that is always concerned in everything that you do. These traits I found in you, that’s why I really trusted you, and for all of these, I know nothing to repay you but to simply be your friend. And we share the laughter for years admitting to each other that we enjoy being with one another.
But lately little changes are slowly taking place, I just woke up one morning that my feelings for you have changed. To describe it I don’t know of a way, its just that I have this weird feeling that I always want to see your cute face, to hear your sweet voice, and feel your gentle touch. And when it’s already my chance to see you, my knees began trembling, my heart pounding faster than ever, my mind began to mix up. “What shall I do? Will I put face powder on my face? What? What now?” Asking myself as if I was crazy. Then you suddenly appear right in front of me smiling. “Oh my! What shall I say?” I said to myself. And nevertheless I was speechless. No words to say, no stories to tell, nothing. But I managed to keep my feelings hidden.
I wanted that moment to last forever but unfortunately, the day is about to end, and nothing can we do about it, so we just bid goodbye to each other, and hope to see one another sooner.
That night, I was wondering under the dim moonlight. Dreaming about you and I, walking hands in hands, talking sweetly about sweet nothing… “Oh My!” I said to myself. “What’s this happening to me as if I was bewitched by somebody? Is this love? What can I do about it?” That night I slept with a smile in my lips.
On the next day, I see you wearing a blue cold face. I asked, “What’s Wrong?” while cheering you with all my might, but inside I too was dying. You told me it’s because of a girl you like most but despite the things you have done for her, she just can’t learn how to love you. My tears started to stream down my cheeks. You thought I understand you and that’s what causes me to cry. “No, you don’t understand,” I wanted this to tell you, “I was crying because like you, I really felt something special for someone and that’s you, but whatever I do, you just can’t feel that I love you too! And now you’re telling me you’re in love with somebody! What about me? What about my feelings for you?” These words I don’t have the guts to tell, so I just chose to be quiet and it’s all a secret for me to keep.
I spent that night crying endlessly. I can feel that boundless woe blanketing my lonely soul. “What shall I do now?” Will I let you know about my feelings for you?” These question rolled out of my mind. But after that, I remembered that I valued our friendship too much that I can’t stand to loose it just because of this stupid feeling they called LOVE.
That was my first decision, but I realized that I couldn’t be your friend without thinking about my feelings for you. “What will happen to me now? Now that I can’t hide my feelings anymore? … … Now I know what to do…” I sadly whispered to myself. I know it will take a long time for me to do this but I know it’s a must. Many hours passed and I spent it all by crying, for I promised to myself that, that will be the last time that I will cry just because of you. However I was wrong in this.
The next day I met you, I know I have practiced every word that I shall tell you. But I just stop myself from crying the moment I saw you drawing near. But I wipe it all dry for I have a very important message for you. But before I have the chance to tell you these words, you greeted me with a cheerful smile and a warm “Hi!” Ignoring this I told you, “Farewell,”. You asked me “Why?” Once again my tears began to fall because of the deep pain that I’m hiding inside but I know I must continue. ”Farewell my friend. For I am not worthy to be your friend. For a long time, I have betrayed our friendship.” I said. “Betrayed?” I can’t remember any time that you betrayed our friendship!” You said. But in your face I can see that you’re so confused. I must finish I know for ‘this is the only way to forget your love,” this is my heart instructing me for it too was hurt. I took a deep breath and said, “No, you don’t understand. I have betrayed it. I have promised that we will be friends forever but suddenly I felt that you already had a special place in my heart. I’m sorry. And now I’m leaving with all our happy and sad memories. But before I go, I want you to know that I LOVE YOU … MY DEAR FRIEND.” After this, I run with all my might even though I heard you shout, “Wait!” I can’t stand any single moment that I can hear your sweet and gentle voice because underneath that is the fact that you could never be mine… …`


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How can this be?

How can this be?
by Tricia

I first met arcangel in a chat room and as I was chatting with 3 other people, little by little I closed off every window to the others and only he and I were chatting. We hit it off well and were very interested in talking to one another, but wanted to on the phone. So as we got to know each other on the net more, and on the phone, we decided to meet in person. The date for this meeting is still on it's way and we both are very anxious about it. I have been honest with him from the beginning, he knows I am an unhappily married woman. My husband and I are on the verge of divorce and we have been for 2 years. Now that I have found arcangel it is not for a deceptive purpose or for a rebound. We have found in each other what we both have been looking for in a love for a very long time. Yes, we have fallen in love and it feels so right. But the only thing that hurts me is that we live so far away from each other. I never thought it possible to find someone over the net I was always so skeptical, but now I know it can happen. I will let you know how our first meeting face to face went when it happens.

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Lee Kuan Yew..taken from ASIA ONLINE

ASIA ONLINE


Singapore's first prime minister Lee Kuan Yew, 82, now Minister Mentor, is seen by some as the greatest impediment to genuine democracy in Singapore.
Photo: Reuters

WHEN will Lee Kuan Yew die? Sadly, that is the question now on the minds of many Singaporeans. At 82, Lee retains a cabinet post, with the title Minister Mentor, continues to dominate the Government and shows no sign of quitting. But many believe that although he has done much for Singapore, he is now the greatest impediment to reform, and that little can change until after he is gone.

Last week, Lee admonished the younger generation for not fully supporting the People's Action Party at the elections the weekend before. It's a usual claim: young Singaporeans are insufficiently grateful for all that the older PAP leaders have done for them in developing the economy. It's as if a country's progress should be measured only by material comfort. The problem for Lee is that young people in other developed countries have money and freedom of expression. But in Singapore, all they have is money. Young Singaporeans are beginning to see that a gilded cage is a cage, nonetheless.

To combat this growing restiveness, Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong — Lee's son — talks of political regeneration in his efforts to make the PAP appeal to younger people. But it's the same old tricks, if last week's elections are anything to go by. The ruling PAP won two-thirds of the votes. The real surprise is that it didn't win by more, given all the petty restrictions designed to head off opposition.

The PAP faced two main opposition parties: the Singapore Democratic Party and the Workers' Party. The SDP's leadership was hit with a series of defamation writs from the two Lees soon after the elections were called. It managed to win one of the two seats not won by the PAP.

The Workers' Party won the other seat. James Gomez, one of its leading candidates, blamed the elections department for losing one of his required polling forms at the start of the campaign. He moderately chastised a member of the department's staff for the apparent loss. But it turned out he had put the form in his brief case and had left the building without lodging it. He claimed this was an oversight — he was distracted — and he publicly apologised. But the PAP accused him of attempting to set up the elections commission.

The incident dominated the nine-day campaign. The Prime Minister, Deputy Prime Minister, other ministers and the Government-controlled media raised it repeatedly. The highly litigious Lee Kuan Yew publicly labelled Gomez a liar.

MM Lee,a gentleman and Capt. "Balls" on Singapore Airlines

There was a time when there was no bed provided in the first class cabin of SQ B747.
Feeling tired and unable to rest comfortablely in his first class seat,MMLee (was PM Lee at that time) asked the inflight supervisor to speak to the captain in charge to allow him,MM Lee, to sleep in the crew bunk which was situated in the cockpit. In return,the cockpit crew would rest in the first class seats during their rest period.
The flight time was something like 13 hours and it was in the night.
In the above situation,most captains would obliged MM Lee but in this instance,the captain of the flight turned down the request.
When the supervisor conveyed the news to MM Lee, he was pleasantly surprised to hear what he was told. MM Lee told the supervisor in a gentlemanly way that he accepted the answer, afterall the captain was the commander of the flight.

Life Is Truly Strange

Life Is Truly Strange
by Anonymous

Brian and I met about nine months ago - I was introduced to him by my ex-boyfriend of three years. My ex-boyfriend, Gary, had not told me at the time, but later told me that he was gay and that Brian was his lover. I had been under the impression for the six months that they had a relationship of just being close friends. During that time I got to talk to Brian and find out so many things about him. I found out that he was having a lot of the same problems with Gary as I did in the relationship. But, at the time I was still thinking they were only friends, a few months went by and Gary finally confronted me about his "new lifestyle." I was shocked but open-minded.

I started hanging out with Brian more often and talking to him on the phone a lot. Brian and I both shared many things in common. We both felt that we needed each other in each other's lives. He and Gary broke off their relationship because of many reasons. Brian and I became closer to each other. He is the sweetest and most honest man I know. He has helped me through so many hard times in my life - he is my angel. He still does not know how important he is in my life, and I am scared to tell him because I am not sure how he would react. I think that he may be interested in me though. He has recently decided to go completely straight which was a big decision for him that I feel partially responsible for. I care for him with all my heart and would love to have the opportunity to tell him how much he means to me. I know this seems like a bizarre case, but I assure you - this is all true!! I couldn't believe it myself at first!! Life is truly strange.

My secret lover.

I met you accidentally not knowing that we could turn good friends. i know only by name, until one day i realize that we've been too close. not a single secret to each other. i never thought that you would be true to me the way you do. now, i'm confused who really are you in my life. i'm already engaged and as times goes by feel strange ... i think i'm falling for you. but how can i feel this, i was not suppose to love you, you're too good to be true.

i thought i was the only one who feel this way. one day you got the courage to tell me that you love me dearly. i want to cry of what i heard. it can't be true. you also got a girlfriend then same with me.

i tried not to be fallen for you coz i know i'm just hurting myself. now, you and your girlfriend broke up, you told me that i'm the only one in your heart and mind. but still i can't love you freely, i still love him. i guess it's not the right time for us. the lov we felt was right but we felt it in a wrong time.

i wish though we're not together these special feeling would remain in our thoughts and in our hearts. just remember that i've loved you dearly as far as i know.

Love at the Edge of Life

I met Rachel at a party and we fell right into a close connection. At the end of the evening, while discussing possible New Year's Eve plans, Rachel confessed she may not be up to going out. She explained, "For the past 2 years, I've been having fun with ovarian cancer."

For the 2 years before that, I'd been volunteering one day a week in a 28-bed hospice ward as part of my spiritual practice. I knew at once how serious Rachel's illness was, and I was sensitive to my own urge to run. But we really liked each other, and over the next two months, slowly and carefully, we fell in love.




Many of my friends were dubious of my taking on the hard work and heartache obviously ahead. But when they got to know Rachel, they loved her too, and supported us loyally throughout the last year and a half of Rachel's life.

During the first several months of our relationship, Rachel underwent radiation for the third recurrence of cancer. We functioned well as patient and caregiver because we'd both had practice! This radical difference in our roles didn't hamper our relationship,though, because my time with the hospice had taught me to see the essential person inside the illness, and not to be afraid in the presence of suffering.
(Story by Web Lab)

My family had long accepted my being a lesbian, and within a few hours of meeting Rachel, they also accepted her into the family enthusiastically.

Rachel often remarked, "I can't believe how lucky I am to meet you at this point in my life. I just wish I weren't at this point in my life." Despite the radiologist's pessimism, the treatments (or love) obliterated Rachel's mass. For over a year, all her tests were normal, and we were able to travel, garden and dance together. We built a foundation of trust and joy that enabled her to talk through her fears and grief, and to let me take care of her when, a year later, her fourth and final recurrence slowly crippled her.

Despite Rachel's disabilities, though, I never saw her as a sick person. She was always the witty, sensitive and vivacious woman who charmed me at that party. Just as she often said she wanted, I cared for her at home in the short six days when she was bedridden, and she died with no sign of fear or pain with her hand in mine, looking right into my eyes.

I think we were able to form such an intimate and trusting bond so quickly because we both knew how short, and precious, our time together was. Sometimes, now, I wonder if having a new love so close to the end of her short (41 years) life made it harder for Rachel to accept death. But my heart, my friends and my family all say it was obviously a love meant to be. And she died the way she always said she wanted to, surrounded by love.

When I asked my mother if she ever thought I was crazy to get involved with someone so sick, Mom said, "Why, don't you think the grief is worth all the happiness you had? It was obvious you two loved each other so much!"

The anniversary of Rachel's death was July 1, 1999. And as my mother said it would, my gratitude for the joy we shared now outweighs my grief. The difference between us now is the biggest of all -- life and death. But Rachel will always be the sweetest part of my life.

Names of Mafia worldwide

NAMES OF MAFIA OR UNDERGROUND CRIME FIGURES

Angelo "The Gentle Don" Bruno
Tony Spilotro
Raymond Porrello
Rosario Porrello
Al Capone
Albert "The Executioner" Anastasia
Eugene "The Animal" Ciasullo
Danny "The Irishman Greene
Angelo "Big Ange" Lonardo
Mickey Cohen
James "Jack White" Licavoli
Frank Balistrieri
Carmen Milano
Anthony "Fat Tony" Salerno
Paul Sciaccia
Natale "Joe Diamonds" Evola
Carmine "Lilo" Galante*
Philip "Rusty" Rastelli*
Joseph "Big Joey" Massino
Giovanni "John" Bonventre
Francesco "Frank Carroll" Garafolo
Carmine "Lilo" Galante
John "Johnny Burns" Morales
Paul Sciaccia
Frank "Frank Russo" Mari
Natale "Joe Diamonds" Evola
Philip "Rusty" Rastelli
Salvatore "Sal" Catalano
Joseph "Big Joey" Massino
Salvatore Vitale
John Tartamella
Salvatore "Bill" Bonanno
Michael Adamo
Nicholas "Nicky Glasses" Marangello
Stefano "Stevie Beefs" Cannone
Anthony Spero
Anthony "T.G." Graziano
Michael "Mickey Z" Zaffarano
Michael "Mimi" Sabella
Dominick "Sonny Black" Napolitano
Gerard "Jerry" Chilli
Frank Coppa
Louis "Louie Ha Ha" Attanasio
Gaetano "Tommy Brown" Lucchese
Stefano "Steve" LaSalle
Paul "Paulie" Vario
Salvatore "Tom Mix" Santoro
Mariano Macaluso
Anthony "Gaspipe" Casso
Steven Crea
Eugene "Boopsie" Castelle
Vincent "Nunzio" Rao
Christopher "Christy Tick" Furnari
Ettore "Eddie" Coco
Anthony "Gaspipe" Casso
Frank "Big Frank" Lastorino
Louis "Cross Bay" Louie" Daidone
John "Big John" Ormento
James "Jimmy Doyle" Plumeri
Aniello "Neil" Migliore
Alphonse "Little Al" D'Arco
Joseph "Little Joe" DeFede
Joseph Caridi
Joseph "Joe Bananas" Bonanno
Frank Labruzzo
Gaspare DiGregorio
Ronald "One Arm" Trucchio
Salvatore "Fat Sally" Scala
Francis "Frankie Loc" Locascio
Salvatore "Tore" Locascio
Louis "Braciole" Ricco
Vincent "Jerome" Squillante
James "Jimmy Brown" Failla
John "Good Looking Jack" Giordano
Steve Grammauta
Thomas "Tommy" Gambino
George Remini
Anthony Megale
Stephen "Stevie Coogan" Grammauta
George "Fat Georgie" Remini
Liborio "Louie" Milito
Gaetano "Tom" Gagliano
Gaetano "Tommy Brown" Lucchese
Carmine "Mr. Gribbs" Tramunti
Anthony "Buddy" Luongo
Carmine "Mr. Gribbs" Tramunti
Antonio "Tony Ducks" Corallo
Vittorio "Vic" Amuso
Carmine "The Doctor" Lombardozzi
Vincent "Jimmy The Blond" Corrao
Joseph "Joe Butch" Corrao
Vincent Corrao
Anthony "Nino" Gaggi
Louis "Big Lou" Vallario
Michael "Mikey Scars" DiLeonardo
Anthony "Tough Tony" Anastasio
Anthony "Tony" Scotto
Anthony "Sonny" Ciccone
Carmine "Charlie Wagons" Fatico
Angelo "Angie" Ruggiero
Nicholas "Little Nick" Corozzo
Peter "Pete" Gotti
John "Junior" Gotti
Richard "Richie" Gotti
Sammy Gravano
Philip Mangano
Frank "Don Cheech" Scalise
Don Corleone
Vincent "Jerome" Squillante
Carlo "Don Carlo" Gambino
Tommy Lucchese
Vito Genovese
Santo Traficante, Jr
Joseph "Joe Bandi" Biondo
Aniello "Neil" Dellacroce
Thomas "Tommy" Bilotti
Frank "Frankie" DeCicco
Joseph "Joe Piney" Armone
Tommy Agro
Salvatore "Sammy the Bull" Gravano
Giuseppe "Joe" Arcuri
Arnold "Zeke" Sqitieri
Sammy Gravano
Alphonse Sisca
Joseph "Staten Island Joe" Riccobono
Paul "Big Paul" Castellano
Anthony "Nino" Gaggi
John "Johnny Boy" Gotti
Francis "Frankie Loc" Locasio
Salvatore "Sammy The Bull" Gravano
Joseph N. Gallo
Joseph "Jo Jo" Corozzo
Stan "Itchy Fingers" Zambino
Alfonso "Nancy" Fiorelli
Nancy "Nancy" Fiorelli
Fredo "The Plumber" Giardino
Tony "Stable" Zampelli
Vinnie "Vinnie" Marcussi
Anthony "Chicken Fucker" Bastoni
Mike "No Jokes" Hunt
Henry "The Singer" Morosso
Johnny "Blind Man" Biaggio
Bruno "Big Guy" Venutti
Luis Fernando da Costa "Fernandinho Beira Mar"
Jimmy "The Weasel" Fratianno
Vincent "Chin" Gigante
Peter Milano
Jimmy Hoffa
Babe Triscaro
Paul "Big Paulie" Castellano
Carmine Persico, AKA "Junior" & "The Snake
Tony Accardo, AKA "Joe Batters" & "Big Tuna"
Carlo Gambino
Leo "Lips" Moceri
Aniello Dellacroce
Aniello "Neil" Dellacroce
Richard Marino
Joe Porrello
Sammy "The Bull" Gravano
Tony Salerno
Vincent "Fish" Cafaro
Salvatore "Sammy G" Gingello
Louis Buchalter, A.K.A. Louis Lepke
Albert Anastasia
Meyer Lansky
Lucky Luciano
Frank Costello
Thomas "Tommy Ryan" Eboli
Larry Fay
Rosario Porrello
Joe Porrello
James "Whitey" Bulger
Bugsy Siegel
Allan Smiley
John Branco
James Burke
Carmine Galante
Jimmy "the Gent" Burke
James Palladino
Ivan "Don Diego" De La Vega
Carlos Enrique Lehder Rivas
Celso "Celsinho" Luiz Rodrigues
Sheen Ching-Jing
Ho Hung Sun "Dr. Stanley (Sun Gor)"
Chen "Dry Duck" Chi-li
Dawood Ibrahim Kaskar
Inagawa Kakuji
Yoshinori Watanabe
Semyon Mogilevich
Kozh-Ahmed Noukhaev
Arbi Barayev
Abuzer Ugurlu
Alaatin Cakici
Dundar Kilic
Onur Ozbizerdik
Huseyin Basak
Osman Donmez
Sheikh Abdullah Azzam
Truong Van Cam "Nam Cam"
Terry Adams
Patrick Adams
Tommy Adams
Carmelo Messina
Alfredo Messina
Attilio Messina
Eugene Messina
Matteo (U siccu) Messina Denaro
Bernardo Provenzano
Toto Riina
Francesco Messina
Leoluca Bargarella
Salvatore "Toto" Riina
Giovanni "u Verru" Brusca
Pietro "u Signurinu" Aglieri
Bernardo (Binu) Provenzano
Leoluca Bagarella
Benedetto Spera
Paolo Borsellino
Giovanni Falcone
Giuseppe Palazzolo
Benedetto "Nitto" Santapaola
Juan "La Muneca" Garcia Abrego
Oscar Malherbe de Leon
Amado Carillo
Juarez Cartel
Joaquin Guzman Loera
Humberto Garcia Abrego
Juan Garcia Abrego
Osiel "El Loco" Cardenas Guillen
Ernesto Carillo "Don Neto" Fonseca
Rafael Quintero
Rafael "El Professor" Aguilar Guajardo
Juan Garcia Abrego
Emilio Quintero Payan
Amado Carillo "Lord of The Skies" Fuentes
Pablo Escobar
Pablo Acosta
Vincente Carillo Fuentes
Albino Quinteron "El Beto" Meraz
Alcides Ramon Magana aka El Metro
Juan Jose Quintero
Rafael Caro "El Grenas" Quintero
Miguel Angel Caro Quintero
Vincenzo "The Egg" Cotroni
Joseph Bonanno
Carmine Galante
Sal Giglio
Paolo Violi
Johnny Papalia
Salvatore "Bill" Bonanno
Pietro Sciara
Gerlando Sciascia
Joseph LoPresti
Ignazio "Lupo The Wolf" Saietta
Nicholas Morello
Ciro "The Artichoke King" Terranova
Giuseppe "Joe The Boss" Masseria
Salvatore Maranzano
Salvatore "Charlie 'Lucky' Luciano" Luciana
Salvatore D'Aquilla
Alfred "Al Mineo" Manfredi
Frank "Don Cheech" "Ciccio" Scalise
Gaetano "Tom" Reina
Buontunio (Joseph) Pinzolo
Giuseppe (The Fox) Costabile
Joseph Profaci
Vincent Mangano
Umberto "Albert Anastasia" Anastasio
Lord High Executioner
Phillip Mangano
Umberto "Albert Anastasia" Anastasio
Joseph "Crazy Joe" Gallo
Stephen Grammauta
Carlo "Don Carlo" Gambino
Tony "Narcoleptic" Fazoli
Ralf "Trophy Hunter" Mortangelo
Johnny "Big Lips" Pescatori
Carlos "Futon" Santiago
Jimmy "The Chop" "Marini
Johnny "Crap Foot"Gambini
Sidney "Poitier" Gambini
Ants 'Ice Man' Zamboni
Marco "Gifilta Fish" Munchinni
Vincent "Pretty In Pink" Vega
Joey "Kneecap" Santorielli
Roberto "Wrinkle Free" Capelli
Johnny "Bingo" Bosco



NAMES OF FAMOUS GODFATHERS
A list of American organized crime leaders, known as "Godfathers" or Dons, who usually control Mafia crime families.



PROHIBITION
Joe Aiello (1928-1930), assassinated October 23, 1930.
Al Capone (Scarface), died 1947.
Steve Ferrigno, assassinated November 5, 1930.
Antonio Lombardo, assassinated September 7, 1928
Salvatore Maranzano, assassinated September 11, 1931.
Giuseppe Masseria (Joe the Boss), assassinated April 10, 1931.
Alfred Mineo, assassinated November 5, 1930.
Joseph Pinzolo (1930), assassinated September, 1930.
Gaetano Reina, assassinated February 28, 1930.
Johnny Torrio (The Fox), died of natural causes April 16, 1957.
Frankie Yale, assassinated July 1, 1928.

DEPRESSION-ERA
Joseph Bonanno (Joey Bananas)
Gaetano Gagliano (1930-1953), natural death in 1953.
Thomas Lucchese (1953-1967), natural death in 1967.
Charles Luciano (Lucky Luciano) (1932-1936), heart attack at Naples airport in 1962.
Philip Mangano (1931-1951), assassinated April 10, 1951.
Vincent Mangano (1931-1951), disappeared in 1951.
Giuseppe Profaci (Joe) (1931-1962), died of cancer June 7, 1962.

POST-WWII
Tony Accardo (Chicago)
Joe Adonis
Albert Anastasia (1951-1957), assassinated October 25, 1957.
Joe Colombo
Paul Castellano
Frank Costello (The Priminister)
Carlo Gambino
Vincent Gigante
John Gotti
Sam Giancana (Chicago)
Thomas Eboli, assassinated July 15, 1972.
Vito Genovese (1952-1959), died naturally in prison in 1969.
Carlos Marcello (New Orleans)
Willie Moretti (New Jersey)
Santo Trafficante Sr (Miami and Tampa)
Tony Tursi (San Juan, Puerto Rico)

MODERN ERA
Don Vince (Melbourne) JUAN GARCIA ABREGO (MATAMOROS)

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What is becoming of Singapore Airlines (SIA)?

Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Distasteful comments on SQ Girl.

I find this statement, made by a member of a forum discussing about the case of a SIA stewardess getting slapped by her passenger, distasteful and a great insult to the SIA girl :

colonelmustard:
Yesterday, 03:38 PM
#163 Singapore ladies in general have more proficient English than HK ladies but not the SQ girls sorry. Those are mostly not educated. I guess the "CX bigwigs" will just have a big shock when they hear them speak in the interviews.
For more go here

In another forum,I have found some kind of support for SIA and the "victim" stewardess . Go here to read.


A reply from SIA Public Affairs

Some people have reached all sorts of conclusions in this forum. However, permit me to explain the comment was made in response to a question concerning proceedings before the courts.Singapore Airlines abides strictly by the sub-judice convention; that is, we do not publicly discuss matters before the courts, in particular when the Airline is not, formally, a party to the case.However, in general terms, let me put firmly on record that Singapore Airlines adopts a zero tolerance approach to assaults on our staff in the course of their duty. Where an allegation is made, the Airline will support a decision by the staff member to refer the complaint to police (noting it is a personal decision as to whether they do so), and we will also provide reasonable support to staff to seek other remedies in the event a prosecution cannot be made.We do have established policies in place to support affected staff, which were developed jointly with our staff unions. The one thing I will say about this particular case is that these policies were followed in full. I am sorry that some readers may have drawn an alternative view from our need to abide by the sub-judice convention.However, I hope also that I have clarified some of the conclusions that various forum participants have erroneously come to about how Singapore Airlines deals with such cases.

Stephen Forshaw Vice President Public Affairs Singapore Airlines


Tuesday, February 19, 2008
SIA apologises for unpleasant incident

Feb 18, 2008

I REFER to the letter, 'SIA should have shown more understanding' (ST, Feb9), by Mr Law Cher Khiam. We have apologised to Mr Law for the unpleasant incident.
Our ground staff in Jakarta should have just accepted Mr Law's redemption ticket at face value for travel on the next flight to Singapore, given the flood situation.
Normally, customers holding redemption tickets are allowed to change their flight or date of travel as long as the change is made during the validity period, and on the same route. However, there is a cancellation fee of US$75, or 7,500 KrisFlyer frequent-flier miles, in the event of a change.
In Mr Law's case, he did not have enough KrisFlyer miles to pay for the cancellation fee. So he bought a new ticket which was for a return Jakarta- Singapore-Jakarta trip, not one-way Jakarta-Singapore. We will refund the additional collection he was charged versus the usual fare he would have paid for a return ticket.
As a practice, we do waive cancellation fee for customers who have to change flights due to extraordinary circumstances like bad weather, which are beyond their control.
Regarding the matter of crew rest, there are universally established mandatory minimum rest hours for air crew due to safety reasons before they can re-operate a flight. For short-haul routes, our crew do operate the turnaround on the same route or in combination with other routes to maximise the duty time allowable.

Ong Boon Khim Vice-President, Customer Affairs Singapore Airlines


Monday, February 18, 2008
Shocked by behaviour of SQ leading stewardess

MY PARENTS and I were on flight SQ865 on Jan 13, from Hong Kong to Singapore.
The Leading Stewardess was giving out The Straits Times and I requested a copy. I also asked her politely to pass another set of newspapers to my father, who was seated in another row.
To my surprise, she told me loudly to share the newspapers since we are one family and that there were still many other passengers waiting to get a copy. Can you imagine how embarrassing it was for me?
How would the other passengers think - that I was greedy? I was just helping my parents as they were seated elsewhere and could not speak English.
She could have said something along the line of "I'm sorry Madam, but can you please share if you don't mind as we are running out of newspapers".
I was stunned by her rudeness and could only manage a reply of "Okay".
Singapore Airlines is supposed to be well-known for its good service, but why was I given that kind of treatment?
Was it because I was seated in the Economy class?
Ms Tan Ai Ching Serene

Above complaint drew 474 comments from this forum alone, after which SIA apologised. See SIA apology below.

SIA says sorry for cabin crew's behaviour

I REFER to the letter by Ms Tan Ai Ching, Serene (my paper, Jan 23).
We apologise for Ms Tan's unpleasant experience. We have looked into this issue following her feedback.
Demand for The Straits Times was higher than usual during Ms Tan's flight, and our crew, therefore, asked customers who were travelling together to share copies.
We have stressed the need for our cabin crew staff to be mindful of the manner in which they communicate with our customers.
I would like to assure Ms Tan that no offence was meant.

Mr William KohDivisional Vice-President, Cabin Crew Operations
Singapore Airlines

Start the NEW YEAR with Savings!

Monday, December 31, 2007
Start the NEW YEAR with Savings!
Time for those New Year Resolutions! Take time to resolve to manage your personal finances better in 2008.

So I mentioned earlier that the first step for most people is to save money - most planners recommend anywhere from 2 to 6 months of your salary stashed away in a liquid savings account. This would be for emergencies (like losing a job or medical) or for your savings goals (like a new car or vacation).

Now most people don't have 6 months of salary sitting in their checking account, especially those starting off right from college so here's the easiest way to go about saving money:

Open a savings account with an online bank (I use ING Direct) with as little as $100. Online banks pay much higher rates than normal banks because of their lower overhead. This also allows you to "link" your checking account to your online savings account and establish an automatic transfer. ING lets you do any amount daily, weekly, monthly, or quarterly. You can also do 1-time transfers.

If your goal is to have 6 months of salary saved up by the end of 1 year, then set your automatic transfer to be 1/24th of your salary every month (when you get paid).

I recommend setting up the transfer on whatever day you get paid - so if you're paid weekly, you would have weekly transfers; monthly - monthly, etc. This way you're PAYING YOURSELF FIRST before you spend it!

Of course, if your budget doesn't allow this, then you should take a good look at your spending habits, your earning potential, and then transfer whatever you can with a goal to increase it. The point is to START!
Source:moneywiseguy

Brand Building.

Brand is a long term investment. It takes decades to build the brands we know. I like the article in HBR on Long Term Management of Brands by Leonard Lodish and Carl Mela.

Companies routinely overinvest in promotions and underinvest in advertising, product development, and new forms of distribution. As a result, powerhouse brands have been weakened, often beyond recovery.

Two contrasting examples were used to illustrate the key managing brand. A pickle manufacturer sell through Wal-Mart and experience huge increase in sales through low price. The next effect is the overall margin drop as sales in Wal-Mart cannibalized other channels. When the pickle manufacturer asked Wal-Mart for price relief, Wal-Mart refused and the pickle manufacturer has to file for bankruptcy. Whereas when Footloose a shoe retailer cut Nike orders by $200 million to protest the terms Nike had places on prices and selection, Nike cut its allocation of shoes to Foot Locker by $400 million. Sales at a competitor of Foot Locker increase and in the end Foot Locker acceded to Nike's term.

Nike maintain strong relationships with a variety of retailers and invested in brand equity whereas the pickle manufacturer allow the channel to own the brand and end-customers.
This article was by http://kthinking.blogspot.com

A Short Affair with a Female Doctor.

Our relationship came to an end when i realized that Dr.E was falling for me. Some might called me a flirt, a jerk or an idiot, but i truly know that its not right for me to continue this relationship.
I felt that it will be very unfair to her as she was still young and a well educated, she will also have to lived with my flirting life style which i can say its not going to be an easy task and this relation will only be based on sex pleasure and satisfactions.
Our parting was not as i have predicted, it turn out to be very clean and straight forward, no pain, no tears and till today we are still friend and keeping in touch... i really wish that she can find a better man who is more responsible than me.
Taken from http://darememore.blogspot.com

That Old Filthy Lying Rich Cock.

It was many years ago when we happened to meet this filthy rich old passenger in the first class cabin. Let us call him Mr. Lee. He could not speak English and so we conversed with him in Hokkien,a Chinese dialect. Of course Lee was delighted because we communicated with him in Hokkien.
My chief steward and I spoke with Lee and found out that he was making his money through some sort of financial speculation or gambling. We were very impressed when he related to us how he came from China as a penniless young man and through his shrewdness and hard work made tons of money.
At that time his company was going public and we asked him for tips on how to make money from the stock market. His advice was.."young men,save every cent you earn and never,never gamble". When asked whether we should invest in his company share ( IPO was not more than 20cents),he again told us not to get involve in shares as it was a form of gambling.
Sometime during the flight,Lena, a lovely stewardess who worked in the first class came to me and the chief steward and told us Lee had whispered into her ear and prompted her to buy as much as she could afford of his company shares. When Lena told him she did not have money to buy the shares,Lee told her with a cheeky wink in his eyes that he would give her $20,000.
My chief steward and I was disappointed with Lee's insincerity. But then being a shrewd businessman and a flesh man,who would not want to make advances at a girl like Leena.
A few months later,Lee's company shares shot up to $5.
Mr. Lee has since been six feet underground (dead and burried).