Imagine a bank which credits your account each morning with $86,400.00, carries over no balance from day to day, allows you to keep no cash balance, and every evening cancels whatever part of the amount you had failed to use during the day.

What would you do?

Draw out every cent, of course!

Well, everyone has such a bank. Its name is TIME. Every morning, it credits you with 86,400 seconds. Every night it writes off, as lost, whatever of this you have failed to invest to good purpose. It carries over no balance. It allows no overdraft.

Each day it opens a new account for you. Each night it burns the records of the day. If you fail to use the day's deposits, the loss is yours.

There is no going back. There is no drawing against the "tomorrow". You must live in the present on today's deposits. Invest it so as to get from it the utmost in health, happiness and success!

The clock is running. Make the most of today..

To realize the value of ONE YEAR, ask a student who has failed his exam.

To realize the value of ONE MONTH, ask a mother who has given birth to a pre-mature baby.

To realize the value of ONE WEEK, ask an editor of a weekly newspaper.

To realize the value of ONE DAY, ask a daily wage laborer who has ten kids to feed.

To realize the value of ONE HOUR, ask the lovers who are waiting to meet or . . .

To realize the value of ONE MINUTE, ask a person who has missed the train.

To realize the value of ONE SECOND, ask a person who has survived an accident.

To realize the value of ONE MILLI-SECOND, ask the person who won a silver medal in an Olympic sprint event.

Treasure every moment that you have!

And treasure it more because you shared it with someone special special enough to have your time... and remember time waits for no one...

L-R Grace Sillos from the World Champion Chicago Bulls, Marivic with hubby Bernard "Corps" Santos, and the culprit, Higee.

Potpourri (Halo-Halo Special)
Our apologies to Marivic Santos for emphasizing the Tommy Hilfiger shirt she was wearing on the night of the LA reunion (see Dimension 13). We heard that she felt alluded to by the story and was offended. We only meant to show that the derogatory remarks made by Hilfiger have not been fully circulated in the Filipino community yet. --0-- On a lighter mood, we are very proud to announce a milestone in our journalism careers. Our first anniversary (or farewell) issue will be distributed in August. We would like to share this milestone with you and hope to hear from you soon. --0-- As you all know, Dimension is published free of charge monthly by Ivory Publications. The only (Armi) Consolacion we get is when we receive feedback from our readers. Unfortunately, we have not been getting any feedback so we feel like this publication is not worth the time we’re spending on it. The only feedback we got was a negative one so that doesn’t help much.

As in previous issues, we urge you to send us your views, comments or criticisms, so that we may bring you better issues in the future (or we can end all our hopes to be in the journalism arena). We’re not asking for praises (although that will help), we just want to know how you find the newsletter so we can do a better job. Is it too green (like the last issue) for comfort?

--0-- You can also send some contributions since we only know what’s happening in the US, specifically LA. We’re tired of writing about us just as we think you, too, are tired of reading about our escapades. On the same note, we apologize if the pictures we’ve been running for the past issues have been from one occasion, the LA mini reunion. Those are the only pictures we have been able to scan. We need to use scanned pictures so we can use the same pictures in the internet edition. --0-- Latest reunion update: According to our source, a budget committee has been organized for the upcoming reunion. Forecasts and budgets are currently being prepared. We will print the official composition of this so called budget committee as soon as we hear from the executive committee. --0-- Let’s welcome Monchit back to the U.S.! She is back from a three week vacation from the Philippines, and we heard that she was out every night as soon as she arrived on June 1st. --0-- And on the plane’s return trip, Ronald and kids will be flying home. They will be in the country for two months to ease the pains of homesickness. Ronald has not been with his siblings for over four years and would like to present his two and a half year old daughter, Rienne, before his brand new baby arrives in October. --0-- Birthday greetings to Moises Galo, Jr. and his sister/Iska’s sister-in-law, Arlene (1984), Mrs. Alejo’s favorite Andres Claudio, Previ Fabros, Donabelle Gonzaga and all the beautiful people celebrating their birthday in July!!! --0-- Higee’s offer of creating a Santiago City Web page still stands. --0-- Our apologies for making this issue an apology issue. --0-- Again we apologize to Marivic Santos.

The Grin Korner
By: Hi-G

Quote of the Day: "A man’s desire for a son is usually nothing but the wish to duplicate himself in order that such a remarkable pattern may not be lost to the world."
Helen Rowland (1875-1950), U.S. journalist. Reflections of a Bachelor Girl (1903).

>> FOR THOSE WHO FART <<

In 880 pages of her modern journal of social decorum, Emily Post wouldn't breathe of the fart's existence. Too bad. It would have been an easy enough task for her to offer some rules for flatulence; simply by taking a cue from Steve ("Mind if I smoke? No, mind if I fart?") Martin, and substituting FART (UTOT) for SMOKE (or cigarette) in Chapter 64 of ETIQUETTE. "For Those Who Smoke" then becomes a workable code of gastric behavior.

For example:

* One may not fart in a church, or during any religious service or ceremonial proceedings.

* One may not fart in a sickroom unless the patient himself is farting or unless he specifically says his visitor is welcome to fart.

* Good taste still forbids farting by a woman on a city street. It should not be unnecessary to say that no one should think of farting or lighting a fart when dancing.

* Farting is forbidden on local buses and on some coaches on the railroad. These cars are clearly marked "No Farting."

* Farting is permitted in the mezzanine or loge seats in some movie houses, but never in the main orchestra.

* Farting is forbidden in most museums, although some have designated areas where farting is allowed.

* Legitimate theaters do not allow farting in the theater proper. It is usually allowed in the outer lobby, and those who wish to fart during the intermission go there to do so. It is perfectly correct for a man who wishes to fart to leave a lady who doesn't, but he should hurry back, and not leave her too frequently.

* A man should light a woman's fart if he is close to her, but not if he is at the other side of the table or it would be awkward in any way.

* In private situations when there may be some objection, before lighting your fart, always ask, "Do you mind if I fart?" If there is any hesitation in the reply, do your best to refrain from farting until you leave.

Not bad. Aside from the obvious gender double-standard, pretty sensible advice, wouldn't you say? Too bad she missed the boat. Well, I didn't. We're in the eighties now, a time of radical conformity, and it's high time the people had a little farting etiquette, so here it is. Cut this out and tape it to your refrigerator, 'cause it's official--and it's modern!

A WHOLISTIC APPROACH TO ANAL-GASTRO-SOCIAL SYSTEMS

1. FART is an acceptable verb and noun.

2. It is generally appropriate to fart in the presence of one's friends and/or immediate family, so long as the area is ventilated.

3. When in the company of those other than close friends or family, simply move to an open, ventilated part of the room, fart, and say, "Excuse me" or, if you prefer, "Canadian Geese." Never fan the fart back at the others unless specifically asked to do so.

4. It is often unnecessary to comment on the volume, timber, pitch, or olfactory strength of your fart unless someone else comments first.

5. There is little to be said for the rascal who farts in close proximity to an infant emerging from the womb or a person on his deathbed.

6. It is seldom* necessary to fart into the telephone.

*Note that it said seldom which means that it sometimes is necessary to fart into the phone. ^_^

The Class Directory

Our current class directory represents about 45% of the entire batch, about 35% are on our mailing list for the distribution of our monthly newsletter. We urge you to help us update this directory and hope that you would keep in touch with us or your class representatives as we draw closer to yearend.

We understand that all the previous issues of Dimension have been circulated through the ‘pass-it-on’ method of distribution. We would really appreciate it if you could give us an exact mailing address so that we can mail all correspondences to you to make sure that you’re properly informed about the upcoming reunion. It is also another way for us to gather facts and figures.

Your cooperation will be greatly appreciated. Please send your information (via snail mail) to Marilou Bayaua or (via e-mail) Francisca Torres.

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