Anthony's space

42 BC - Tiberius, Roman emperor (d. 37)

1436 - Leonardo Loredan, Doge of the Republic of Venice (d. 1521)

1603 - Augustyn Kordecki, Polish prior (d. 1673)

1609 - Henrietta Maria, French-born, Queen Consort of England (d. 1669)

1643 - Jean Chardin, French explorer (d. 1703)

1717 - Jean le Rond d'Alembert, French mathematician (d. 1793)

1720 - Carlo Antonio Campioni, Italian composer (d. 1788)

1758 - Peter Andreas Heiberg, Danish author and philologist (d. 1841)

1766 - Rodolphe Kreutzer, French violinist (d. 1831)

1836 - David Kalakaua of Hawaii, Hawaiian king (d. 1891)

1839 - Louis-Honoré Fréchette, French Canadian poet (d. 1908)

1841 - Jules Violle, French physicist (d. 1923)

1847 - Edmund James Flynn, Canadian politician (d. 1927)

1862 - Charles Turner, Australian cricketer (d. 1944)

1880 - Alexander Blok, Russian poet (d. 1921)

1885 - Michael Gonzi, Maltese archbishop (d. 1984)

1873 - W. C. Handy, American composer (d. 1958)

1888 - Luis Cluzeau Mortet, Uruguayan composer and musician (d. 1957)

1889 - George S. Kaufman, American playwright (d. 1961)

1890 - Elpidio Quirino, 6th President of the Philippines (d. 1956)

1892 - Guo Moruo, Chinese writer (d. 1978)

1892 - Tazio Nuvolari, Italian racing driver (d. 1953)

1895 - Paul Hindemith, German composer (d. 1963)

1896 - Pavel Sergeevich Alexandrov, Russian mathematician (d. 1982)

1896 - Joan Lindsay, Australian author (d. 1984)

1896 - Oswald Mosley, British fascist (d. 1980)

1896 - Lawrence Tibbett, American singer (d. 1960)

1897 - Choudhary Rehmat Ali, Pakistani nationalist (d. 1951)

1904 - Nnamdi Azikiwe, President of Nigeria (d. 1996)

1905 - Eddie Condon, American musician (d. 1973)

1908 - Burgess Meredith, American actor (d. 1997)

1916 - Daws Butler, American voice actor (d. 1988)

1922 - Gene Amdahl, American computer scientist

1922 - José Saramago, Portuguese writer, Nobel laureate

1924 - Mel Patton, American athlete

1928 - Clu Gulager, American actor

1930 - Chinua Achebe, Nigerian author

1930 - Salvatore Riina, Sicilian mafioso

1931 - Luciano Bottaro, Italian comic book artist (d. 2006)

1931 - Hubert Sumlin, American blues musician

1933 - Garnet Mimms, American singer

1936 - John Moore, Australian politician

1938 - Robert Nozick, American philosopher (d. 2002)

1941 - Gerry Marshall, British race car driver (d. 2005)

1942 - Willie Carson, Scottish jockey

1942 - Joanna Pettet, English-American actress

1944 - Oliver Braddick, British psychologist

1946 - Terence McKenna, American writer (d. 2000)

1947 - Ebby Thust, German boxing promoter and writer

1948 - Bonnie Greer, American playwright and critic

1950 - David Leisure, American actor

1950 - John Swartzwelder, American television writer and novelist

1951 - Miguel Sandoval, American actor

1952 - Robin McKinley, American writer

1952 - Piero Falchetta, Italian archivist, Biblioteca Marciana

1952 - Shigeru Miyamoto, Japanese video game designer

1953 - Griff Rhys Jones, Welsh comedian, writer and actor

1954 - Andrea Barrett, American author

1954 - Bruce Edwards, American golf caddy (d. 2004)

1954 - Dick Gross, Australian politician

1955 - Pierre Larouche, Canadian National Hockey League player

1956 - Terry Labonte, American NASCAR driver

1957 - Jacques Gamblin, French actor

1958 - Marg Helgenberger, American actress

1958 - Boris Krivokapić, Serbian academic

1961 - Frank Bruno, British boxer

1961 - Corinne Hermès, French singer

1962 - Gary Mounfield, English musician (Primal Scream)

1962 - Josh Silver, American musician (Type O Negative)

1964 - Dwight Gooden, American baseball player

1964 - Diana Krall, Canadian Jazz pianist and singer

1964 - Harry J. Lennix, American actor

1964 - Maeve Quinlan, American actress

1964 - Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Italian actress

1965 - Mika Aaltonen, Finnish footballer

1966 - Christian Lorenz, German keyboardist (Rammstein)

1966 - Dean McDermott, Canadian actor

1966 - Tahir Shah, British travel writer and explorer

1967 - Craig Arnold, American poet

1967 - Lisa Bonet, American actress

1968 - Vlado Šola, Croatian handball goalkeeper

1970 - Martha Plimpton, American actress

1971 - Mustapha Hadji, Moroccan footballer

1971 - Alexander Popov, Russian swimmer

1971 - Koshi Rikdo, Japanese mangaka

1971 - Waqar Younis, Pakistani cricketer

1972 - Missi Pyle, American actress

1973 - Christian Horner, British Formula One team owner

1973 - Brendan Laney, Scottish rugby player

1974 - Eric Judy, American Musician

1974 - Maurizio Margaglio, Italian ice dancer

1974 - Paul Scholes, British footballer

1975 - Julio Lugo, Dominican baseball player

1975 – Anthony Johann Carlo Cervania, nobody

1976 - Juha Pasoja, Finnish footballer

1976 - Danny Wallace, British author

1976 - Martijn Zuijdweg, Dutch swimmer

1977 - Oksana Baiul, Ukrainian figure skater

1977 - Maggie Gyllenhaal, American actress

1977 - Mauricio Ochmann, Mexican actor

1978 - Kip Bouknight, American baseball player

1978 - Gary Naysmith, Scottish footballer

1978 - Carolina Parra, Brazilian musician (CSS)

1979 - Tony Frias, American footballer

1979 - Bruce Irons, American surfer

1980 - Kayte Christensen, American basketball player

1980 - Nicole Gius, Italian alpine skier

1980 - Carol Huynh, 2008 Canadian Gold Medalist,48 kg. wrestling

1981 - Allison Crowe, Canadian singer

1981 - Caitlin Glass, American voice actress

1981 - Osi Umenyiora, English-born NFL football player

1982 - Jannie du Plessis, South African rugby player

1982 - Amare Stoudemire, American basketball player

1982 - Ronald Pognon, French athlete

1983 - K, South Korean singer

1983 - Kari Lehtonen, Finnish ice hockey goaltender

1983 - Britta Steffen, German swimmer

1984 - Gemma Atkinson, British actress and model

1984 - Kimberly J. Brown, American actress

1986 - Saeko, Japanese actress

1995 - Noah Gray-Cabey, American child actor

Being a part of a new medium in supporting our customers is a new challenge in my career.  Specially if you are new to the product you are supporting.  Having said this, I have searched for quotes that would help me overcome these challenges and excel in this new account. 

·          Mountains cannot be surmounted except by winding paths.

Goethe

·          Accept the challenges so that you may feel the exhilaration of victory.

General George S. Patton

·          I have always grown from my problems and challenges, from the things that don't work out, that's when I've really learned.

Carol Burnett

·          What is genius, anyway, if it isn't the ability to give an adequate response to a great challenge?

Bette Greene

·          In every difficult situation is potential value. Believe this, then begin looking for it.

Norman Vincent Peale

·          Trouble is only opportunity in work clothes.

Tony Dorsett

·          To be tested is good. The challenged life may be the best therapist.

Gail Sheehy

·          Opportunities to find deeper powers within ourselves come when life seems most challenging.

Joseph Campbell

·          Give yourself an even greater challenge than the one you are trying to master and you will develop the powers necessary to overcome the original difficulty.

William Bennett

·          It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves.

Sir Edmund Hillary

These quotes from famous people do help us…. They help us look into things in a different perspective…  as for me… I look into these challenging times as opportunities to be better.  In this case to be better in what I do… without these challenges… life or working… would be boring…

just my two cents…

Living in the seminary... I entered the seminary when I was in first year high school.  I was that young to live separately from my parents.  We only get to go home three times a year... during sembreak (3 to 4 days) which falls on All Saints Day... Christmas break (2 to 3 weeks) ... and summer break(a month since the other month is for our summer camp).  For the rest of the year, they do visit us for the first Sunday of the month which is called visiting Sunday.

I surely miss my family... my friends... my perks... but why did I enter the seminary.... since have three uncles who are priests, I really wanted to be one... but that did not make me conquer my lonely nights... what helped me was the other activities we had in the seminary... I thought at first that most of the time we will just pray.... but no.. I was wrong... I learned a lot of things... I learned to do my laundry... to do chores... to live with fellow seminarians... to play alot of sports... discipline... and specially to pray daily. 

To have a better picture here is our sched for a day so you could see what we experience in a day...

6:00 am Wake up

6:20 Mass

7:00 Breakfast

7:15 to 8:00am Morning Chores

8:00 to 12:00 School

12:00 to 12:30 Lunch

12:30 to 1:00pm Recreation

1:00 pm to 4:00 pm School

4:00 pm to 5:30 pm Games

5:30 to 6:00 shower

6:00 to 7:15 study period

7:15 to 7:45 dinner

7:45 to 8:00 Recreation

8:00 to 8:15 Rosary

8:15 to 9:15 Study period

9:15 to 9:30 Evening prayers /  talk

9:30 REST

It was like living in a military since everything is planned... but we enjoyed... I learned to clean the pig pen or fold the laundry... or sweep the floor.. Or clean the lavatory...  I also learned how to play football... I was part of the varsity then... hehehe... I was able to play in the palarong pambansa... I learned to play musical instruments... I was on a play once... I was on the rondalla group...  as you can see... we had a busy busy busy sched.. because we were told that idleness is the workshop of the devil.

Living in the seminary had its ups and down... we had fun.. Real fun!!! we had relationships... with my family.. friends... and with God.

It was 5 memorable years for me....