Chivalry is not dead.
I think women will agree with me
when I say that Men are not as sweet or as caring
as they used to be towards them.
You know what I mean,
roses, chocolates, love letters, talking on the phone for hours,
open doors, assist you when you sit, sweet talks, whispering of sweet nothings,
kissing, nibbling, holding hands, saying I love you's...
and just the effort of giving in to whatever the woman needs.
Sounds like a romantic novel or a girlie movie film right?
This also was manifested in the old, medieval days of Knights and Princesses,
Kings and Queens, Rich girls and poor farm boys... You know the stories.
Let's say, a damsel is in distress, a lady or a princess is in need,
where she waits for her Knight in a shining armour, with his Noble white horse,
eager to rescue her from the deadly grasps of a fire breathing dragon,
on the highest tower of it's lair.
The elegant, brave and charming Knight
faces all obstacles, hindrances and challenges that comes his way.
And he conquers them all with no fear, just to rescue the love of his life.
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaawwwwwwwwwww!!!!!!
See, this is what women want.
This is what they dream of.
Their Knight in shining armour, coming to their rescue.
This is
Chivalry.
This is what they say is dead.
But I beg to disagree.
Chivalry is very much alive in our very own modern day to day living.
We just have to look at it in a very different way.
Let me prove my point.
Let me tell you a story about a guy I know.
This guy, let's name him....say ...
Sir Tyrone from the land of Guitaria.
Finds out that his desired woman .. let's name her...say...
Princess Tracy from the Kingdom of Medicina.
He finds out that his woman is out of a very necessary commodity...let's say....
Coffee.
This is a very important need especially in the hours of sunrise.
Our brave Knight would not let her Princess be in a dire predicament,
so he tries to asses the situation.
Since it's already in an unholy hour of 10:00 at night,
and our Knight is also not feeling well, from sneezing and sinus allergies
he acquired from going to the park,
he presented himself to go out on a journey,
to fulfill his quest, amidst the dark and suspicious road
that leads to the Dragon's Lair
("Convenience store").
He courageously rides his noble steed
("the car"),
and attentively drove off, while dodging perilous obstacles, ("road hazards, pot holes, other cars...etc.)
Arrives at his destination, confident to find the said article of goods,
which was in aisle 6,
and proudly acquire his lady's favorite brand.
But to his horror and dismay, the one that her lady desires was not there.
An empty portion of the shelf, right beside the decaf ones.
God forbid if our hero brings back decaf!
So he thinks quickly.
Sees the lady by the counter who obviously was not in a good mood
for working late at night
("The Dragon").
Our Hero asks her if they have the desired article in stock somewhere in the back.
She answered,
"We only got what you see in the shelf" quite rudely.
("Bad Dragon")
Sir Tyrone got a whiff of the lady's breath
which was somewhat on the unpleasant side.
("Bad Fire-breathing dragon").
Our hero attempts to smile, and hold his breath at the same time.
("Bravery and quick wit at a time of pressure")
Quickly returns to the shelf and tried to think.
He thought hard.
Then he saw a glimpse of the desired article at the back,
right beside a weird Italian brand which I can not pronounce.
Grabs it and seized the moment!
He Carpe'd the Cafe!
He returns to his lovely lady,
presenting her with her treasure,
and pays him back with a smile and a kiss.
It's all worth it, for that one kiss.
End of story.
In conclusion,
Chivalry is not dead.
Just out of stock.
That must have been the stupidest post I have ever done.
Shheeeeeeeessshhh!!!
Anyway,
Here are some cool links for us to get our minds off of this crap.
A panoramic view of world places --->
Geo Images
My heart line says it's full of Big Mac --->
Palm Reading
Remember the old Atari game TANK? --->
Turbo Tanks
Yet another Pingu - Yeti Game --->
Yeti Sports
HAPPY EASTER!!
It's incredible how different customs and traditions are
when it comes to events and holidays.
Christmas, Halloween, Easter....
Everybody has their own way of spending these festivities.
Today, after church,
We were going to paint the eggs for Tyler to do his First Easter Egg hunt,
but we decided that he is still too young to help with the painting.
Well, actually, Tracy decided that.
Because, I have no clue.
I have never really participated nor experienced any Easter egg hunting in my life.
We do not do this in the Philippines.
At least not when I lived there.
And I was just too old to partake in this hunting gig while I lived in Canada.
So I never really know nor understand how a kid feels at Easter time.
See back home in the Philippines,
we celebrate Easter very early in the morning.
At dawn, and in Church.
We call it the "
Salubong" (the meeting).
It is basically the highlight of a procession of both the images of Jesus and Mary,
meeting for the first time since the Lord resurrected from Death.
Their images on a big float, which came from 2 different points in town.
Then when they meet, Mary's black veil will be lifted and replaced by a white one.
This is where the event organizers do the main show,
They sometimes train doves to take off the veil,
Or dress up a little kid as an angel and make them remove the veil and replace it.
Pretty neat, really.
Then, after the mass, we all have our breakfast with real Filipino delicacies.
Puto Bumbong, Bibingka, Palabok... and many more.
Hey hey hey, You know me..
I like food!!
But here in North America,
People do it differently.
First everyone goes to church, or better known as "
The Great Fashion Show".
Then this special day is celebrated by hiding all the Easter eggs,
tell the kids, a certain
Rabbit hid them,
and everyone races to find as many as they could.
With prices to win, and fun times to
experience.
As long as nobody forgets the real reason we celebrate this event,
It's all good, I always say.
I am just worried I might mix up all the traditions and practices I have acquired,
while living in different places.
And tell the stories to my grandchildren ....
Grandkids:
Grandpa, what is Easter?
Me: (in a husky grandfather voice)
Kids, Easter is the day when we celebrate how the Lord died for the sins of mankind,
because they cannot find the hidden eggs, and then at dawn, He rose from the dead,
came out of his tomb, saw his shadow and we had 6 more weeks of winter....
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