New Year’s Day Moves
Ancient cultures, including those as varied as the Romans and the Hindus, celebrated New Year’s Day on or around April 1. It closely follows the vernal equinox (March 20th or March 21st.) In medieval times, much of Europe celebrated March 25, the Feast of Annunciation, as the beginning of the new year.

In 1582, Pope Gregory XIII ordered a new calendar (the Gregorian Calendar) to replace the old Julian Calendar. The new calendar called for New Year’s Day to be celebrated Jan. 1. That year, France adopted the reformed calendar and shifted New Year’s day to Jan. 1. According to a popular explanation, many people either refused to accept the new date, or did not learn about it, and continued to celebrate New Year’s Day on April 1. Other people began to make fun of these traditionalists, sending them on “fool’s errands” or trying to trick them into believing something false. Eventually, the practice spread throughout Europe.

Problems With This Explanation
There are at least two difficulties with this explanation. The first is that it doesn’t fully account for the spread of April Fools’ Day to other European countries. The Gregorian calendar was not adopted by England until 1752, for example, but April Fools’ Day was already well established there by that point. The second is that we have no direct historical evidence for this explanation, only conjecture, and that conjecture appears to have been made more recently.

Constantine and Kugel
Another explanation of the origins of April Fools’ Day was provided by Joseph Boskin, a professor of history at Boston University. He explained that the practice began during the reign of Constantine, when a group of court jesters and fools told the Roman emperor that they could do a better job of running the empire. Constantine, amused, allowed a jester named Kugel to be king for one day. Kugel passed an edict calling for absurdity on that day, and the custom became an annual event.

“In a way,” explained Prof. Boskin, “it was a very serious day. In those times fools were really wise men. It was the role of jesters to put things in perspective with humor.”

This explanation was brought to the public’s attention in an Associated Press article printed by many newspapers in 1983. There was only one catch: Boskin made the whole thing up. It took a couple of weeks for the AP to realize that they’d been victims of an April Fools’ joke themselves.

Spring Fever
It is worth noting that many different cultures have had days of foolishness around the start of April, give or take a couple of weeks. The Romans had a festival named Hilaria on March 25, rejoicing in the resurrection of Attis. The Hindu calendar has Holi, and the Jewish calendar has Purim. Perhaps there’s something about the time of year, with its turn from winter to spring, that lends itself to lighthearted celebrations.

Observances Around the World
April Fools’ Day is observed throughout the Western world. Practices include sending someone on a “fool’s errand,” looking for things that don’t exist; playing pranks; and trying to get people to believe ridiculous things.

The French call April 1 Poisson d’Avril, or “April Fish.” French children sometimes tape a picture of a fish on the back of their schoolmates, crying “Poisson d’Avril” when the prank is discovered.

source: David Johnson and Shmuel Ross, infoplease.com

Boy: Yes. At last. It was so hard to wait.

Girl: Do you want me to leave?

Boy: NO! Don’t even think about it.

Girl: Do you love me?

Boy: Of course! Over and over!

Girl: Have you ever cheated on me?

Boy: NO! Why are you even asking?

Girl: Will you kiss me?

Boy: Every chance I get!

Girl: Will you hit me?

Boy: Are you crazy! I’m not that kind of person!

Girl: Can I trust you?

Boy: Yes.

Girl: Darling!

After marriage:
Read bottom to top.

86% You Passed with an Above Average Score

I got that without cheating

Michelin?

Pirelli?

Wrong.

The correct answer is LEGO, The LEGO Group produces 15 billion components a year – that’s 28,500 a minute. The factory also produces 306 million tiny rubber tyres a year, making it the world’s No. 1 tyre manufacturer.

Read “Plastic Bricks that conquered the world” for more trivia about Lego.

“Never take someone for granted. Hold every person close to your heart because you might wake up one day and realize that you’ve lost a diamond while you were too busy collecting playing  stones.”

Na-guilty yata siya. Sabi niya, isipin mo na lang na this is a
blessing in the sky. Irregardless daw of his feelings, we’ll go ouch
na rin. Now, we’re so in love. Mute and epidemic na ang past. Thanks
God we swallowed our fried. Kasi, I’m 33 na and I’m running our time.
After 2 weeks, he plopped the question. “Will you marriage me?” I’m
in a state of shocked. Kasi mantakin mo, when it rains, it’s four!
This is true good to be true. So siyempre, I said yes. Love is a many
splendor.

Pero nung inaayos ko na ang aming kasal, everything swell to pieces.
Nag-di-dinner kami noon nang biglang sa harap ng aming table, may
babaeng humirit ng, “Well, well, well. Look do we have here.” What
the fuss! The nerd ng babaeng yon! She said they were still on. So I
told her, whatever is that, cut me some slacks! I didn’t want this to
get our hand kaya I had to sip it in the bud. She accused me of
steeling her boyfriend. Ats if! I don’t want to portrait the role of
the other woman. Gosh, tell me to the marines! I told her, “please,
mine you own business!” Who would believe her anyway?

Dahil it’s not my problem anymore but her problem anymore, tumigil na
rin siya ng panggugulo. Everything is coming up daisies. I’m so
happy. Even my boyfriend said liketwice. He’s so supportive. Sabi
niya, “Look at is this way. She’s our of our lives.”

Kaya advise ko sa inyo – take the risk. You can never can tell. Just
burn the bridge when you get there. Life is shorts. If you make a
mistake, we’ll just pray for the internal and external repose of your
soul. I second emotion.

// Credits to the original author, this thing made my day hehe… got it from a mailing lists

Relationships last long not because they’re destined to last long.
Relationships last long because two brave people made a choice – to keep it, to fight for it & to work for it.

Meanwhile, other relationships fail not because they’re destined eto fail.
They failed because one of the two, or both, made the choice – to set each other free.

(Text message from a batchmate – Mommy Jenny Flores, CNHS Class of 1999)

God answered : “Time” my child.

But why time and not Love?

Love, you can give that, you can have that, you can share that to anybody… but with time, you can’t stop it or control it. Most important, you can never bring back the time that has passed by.

So spend your time wisely and cherish it while you still have it.

Credits: JR Ferma III

The American contractor takes out a tape measure and does some measuring, then works some figures with a pencil. “Well,” he says. “I figure the job will run about $900: $400 for materials, $400 for my crew and $100 profit for me.”

The Mexican contractor also does some measuring and figuring, then says, “I can do it for $700: $300 for materials, $300 for my crew and $100 profit for me.”

The Filipino contractor doesn’t measure or figure, but leans over to the White House official and whispers: “$2,700.” The official, incredulous, says, ” What? You didn’t even measure like the other guys! How did you come up with such a high figure?” “Easy,” the Pinoy explains, “$1,000 for you, $1,000 for me and we hire the guy from Mexico”.

Source : YP