End of the Road

Some of us really doesn't know when is the right time for us to rest for good whether this is tragic or just plain natural death. List below are some of the unusual death and perhaps we may need to think and ponder carefully of our faith. Life is unpredictable and we should be taking care of it.

And so they zoom off in their cadillacs, convertibles or Harley-Davidsons, eager to sample life’s evanescent pleasures like there’s no tomorrow. And maybe there isn’t, if this list of celebrity crashes were any indication. For these casualties, the road to fame proved to be a shortcut to mortality as well.

1. On Aug. 21, 2010, Bb. Pilipinas-International 2009 Melody Gersbach, 24, and her two companions were killed when their van was hit head-on by a passenger bus in Camarines Sur. The bus driver was trying to avoid hitting a tricycle, the police said.
2. Similar circumstances surrounded the death of award-winning director Lino Brocka, who died on May 21, 1991 at age 52. Brocka’s driver, actor William Lorenzo, avoided a tricycle that suddenly crossed their path, only to see two people crossing the street. The actor tried to avoid hitting them, but ran smack against a concrete electric post.
3. Ric Segreto who hit it big with such pop songs as “Kahit Konting Pagtingin,” ”Give Me a Chance,” and “Don’t Know What to Do, Don’t Know What to Say” was riding a motorcycle along the Buendia flyover that was then under construction when his bike skidded. He died of head injuries at age 46, on Sept. 6, 1998.
4. Jay Ilagan was 39 when he lost control of his motorcycle and died on Feb. 3, 1992.
5. Claudia Zobel, who made waves when she starred in Lino Brocka’s “Bayan Ko: Kapit sa Patalim,” was learning to drive when she lost control of her vehicle on Feb. 10, 1984. The sexy starlet’s car hit a concrete gutter, flipped and was hit by an oncoming vehicle.
6. Like Claudia, Jonjon Hernandez died when his car hit a concrete barrier in 2000. The child actor of “That’s Entertainment” fame was the son of actress Alicia Alonzo and actor Ross Rival.
7. Bold star Halina Perez was barely 21 when she died on March 4, 2004. She had just come from a gig in Camarines Sur when their SUV hit a container van.
Hollywood’s celebrity crashes are as grim.
8. The cause of Jayne Mansfield’s fame (or notoriety) preceded her, literally. Nope, this busty Hollywood sex goddess didn’t get decapitated when her speeding car rear-ended a tractor trailer and went under it in a fatal accident in 1967. The photograph of her blonde wig thrown against the windshield gave rise to the disproven rumor about the star losing her head. She was 34.
9. On Jan. 4, 1960, French existential novelist and dramatist Albert Camus was killed in a car accident in France. He was only 46.
10. In November, 2007, former Social Welfare secretary Dulce Saguisag died after a speeding dump truck rammed the family vehicle. She and husband, former senator Rene Saguisag, were on their way home after going ballroom dancing.

11. On Jan. 23, 2004, international glamor and fashion photographer Helmut Newton was leaving the Chateau Marmont Hotel when he lost control of his Cadillac limousine and ploughed into a nearby wall on Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles, California. He was 83.
12. Before automobiles, there were horse carriages, and they were just as deadly. Nobel Prize-winning physicist Pierre Curie, 47, died after being run over by one on April 19, 1906.
13. Former porn star turned anti-pornography crusader Linda Lovelace of “Deep Throat” notoriety, died from injuries suffered in a car crash on April 22, 2002.
14. This time, he didn’t report the news; he made it. On April 23, 2007, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and historian David Halberstam (“The Best and the Brightest,” “The Powers That Be”) was killed when his driver, a graduate student, ran a light and made an illegal left turn into the path of a car. He was 73.
15. Before Princess Di, there was Prince Aly Khan, 48, son of Aga Khan (Asian and African Ismaili Muslim leader), and husband of screen legend Rita Hayworth. The prince was killed in France in a head-on collision with another automobile on May 12, 1960.
16. In 1956, American pop artist Jackson Pollock, 44, lost control of his convertible while driving near East Hampton, New York, hit an oak tree, and died instantly of a skull fracture.
17. Byrds guitarist Clarence White was only 29 when he was killed by a drunk driver who hit him while he was loading music equipment into a van. The co-inventor of the Parsons-White string bender died on July 14, 1973.
18. Did you know that John Lennon’s mother, Julia, died in an automobile accident on July 15, 1958? One wonders how old this famous Beatle was then.
19. Just like that, she was “Gone with the Wind.” On Aug. 16, 1949, novelist Margaret Mitchell, 48, died after being struck down by a speeding taxi driven by an intoxicated driver.
20. Too old to drive. On Aug. 30, 1991, country singer Dottie West was killed when she rode a car with her 81-year-old neighbor, who was speeding and subsequently lost control of his car. Dottie died five days later. She was 58.
21. And who can forget Princess Di of Wales? On Aug. 31, 1997, the people’s princess, 36, and her companion Dodi Fayed, 42, were killed in an automobile accident in Paris, France, while trying to get away from pursuing paparazzi on motorcycles.
22. There was also no fairy-tale ending for Princess Grace Kelly of Monaco, who died in a car crash on Sept. 14, 1982. The car was driven by one of her daughters.
23. Metallica bass player Cliff Burton, 24, was killed when the band’s tour bus flipped over on an icy road in Sweden on Sept. 27, 1986.
24. And then there was actor and cultural icon James Dean. Dean died of a broken neck on Sept. 30, 1955 when his Porsche Spyder hit another car on a California highway.
25. Bad news: On Oct. 24, 1983, NBC News correspondent and anchorwoman Jessica Savitch, 36, drowned when the car she was riding in went into a canal and flipped over, making it impossible for her to escape.
26. Gone too soon. Rock star Duane Allman, 24, of the Allman Brothers was killed in a motorcycle accident in Macon, Georgia on Oct. 29, 1971.
27. Corporate conspiracy? On Nov. 13, 1974, lab technician, union activist and nuclear informant Karen Silkwood, 28, was killed in an automobile accident while on her way to meet with a New York Times reporter and an official of the Atomic Energy Commission. The whistleblower had discovered evidence of spills, leaks, and missing plutonium and exposed them – a courageous move made into the movie, “Silkwood.”

28. Lost in transit. In November 1982, Barack Obama, Sr., 46, father of the US president, died in an alcohol-related accident after driving his car off the road and crashing. A few months earlier, Obama senior had lost both legs in an automobile accident and subsequently lost his job.
29. Anti-war activist, co-founder of the Yippies, and one of the Chicago Seven protestors, Jerry Rubin, 56, was killed when he was hit by a car in November 1994
30. Finally, there’s American general George Patton, who died in a Heidelberg, Germany military hospital after being injured in a three-vehicle accident. Patton died of an embolism on Dec. 21, 1945. PAC

My Blue Valentine this February Month

We know that February is special month especially for people who are In-love and we expect gifts either in the form of Flowers which are basically visible in the streets and of course Chocolates.  You will see that restaurants are already fully booked on that day and shows are everywhere where you can see couples watching the enjoying the evening. Indeed, that day is flooded with lovers regardless whether they are legal or just enjoying the intimacy of the occasions.

This occasions I celebrate blue Valentine mainly because I don't have a date nor do I have a special someone to celebrate it. Valentine has been such an occasion that I considered normal day that will pass though I can celebrate it and go out with someone just for the sake of making it a special day. I can be with my friends and have a dinner outside here in Kabul but for sure it will be flooded with Expat already lining up to have a reservation ready for themselves. There are few restaurants and bars to visit for sure but do I need that and go with the flow with other people just to celebrate it? I can just seat and relax in my bed watching the the new DVD release in the theater while enjoying the taste of the buritos and perhaps Almonds and nuts, simple and not expensive.

I have been reminiscing my past and wonder, when was the last time I did celebrate Valentine? I don't seem to remember that I took part and have experience it. I guess i was too busy then at that time with friends and not entertaining too much attention on prospects or perhaps I was too meticulous in dating with so much pre-requisites in my mind and ending up just being me. I love to experience that, the feeling of being taken care of, someone that cares and think of you everyday, giving you surprises not only flowers and chocolates on special occasions, the one that will be with you for a long period of time.

With the upcoming Valentine with only few more days to come, what do I have in mind? should I celebrate it with friends and go out have a dinner or just be at home letting it pass just like another day. Bear in mind that period is still critical to me as I have a deadline of my payroll and scheduling of routine transactions, I know I have been saying this in my past postings but what to do, I have been locked with responsibilities in my work and the company that relies on my expertise. But for sure that day will be a busy day to me as some of my local suitors and fans will be calling me to accommodate them for their temporary loneliness. This month, Valentine will be celebrated in a different way and I will be the only to figure it out when that time comes.

Career and Investment

Is it really important to maintain your career and put into investment? A lot of us would think perhaps we need to enjoy and relax when the due of our works needs to take to time out for a while.The fruit of our hardwork and sweats should be given rewards and must be enjoyed but we need to consider future, Are we going to last long long on the success that we are currently enjoying so far?  They say enjoy it while last, or perhaps today we celebrate and be merry for tomorrow we shall die.  Those are things that never came into my mind.  I would rather live in a simple life happy and contented but with so much obligations and responsibilities that has dump into your shoulders, you might wanna think very carefully. Career and sacrifices always go along together whenever I embark into another journey.

Its been almost years and years that I have been in the overseas trying to find out what I really want with my career, of course I have always fall into my stream of profession "Finance or Accounting". Middle East has always been the focal point of location where I try my luck and so far it gives me the confidence to land on the job I want.  There maybe discrimination and prejudices but I always take the positive notion that I am the one they are looking for, the Big Asset for the company.  Career change? Is it really timely? what about moving to a new environment is it really worth it?  Those are the things in my mind that's bugging me, I am not really sure If I am ready to move as there are things that needs to prioritize at the moment. Given the possibility, I would have to weight things before regretting it later on.

 

Investing while working and enjoying the career is the main goal of why I am still here.  There has been many changes in the past that has brought the shed of light into my life of what I have right now. Every penny I earned and save has been put into investment as this will later on be the fall back after retiring from work. I am very wise of making the decision for a longer term period and making it more profitable as the years will pass.  Additional assets has been line up and this perhaps will be the final one before I decide to choose what I want whether to continue or move to another level of career change.  I just need to relax and enjoy seating in the beach while watching the sun rises and the sunsets.  My only hope is that when the time comes that I can share it with him, wherever he is I know that his there waiting.